Our Thanks to You!

The Big Bend Conservancy and Big Bend National Park would like to thank the following major donors to this project. Each donor contributed $5,000 or more to making this exhibit come alive for the public. We are grateful for their support and their assistance in making this project successful. If you would like to make a gift to ongoing education programs for the exhibit, click here.

Fossil Discovery Exhibit Funders

Abell-Hanger Foundation

Amon G. Carter Foundation

BNSF Foundation

Bob Boerner/Culligan Southwest

Greg and Marcy Brazaitis

The Brown Foundation

Gene and Jan Fisseler

Pam Hall and James Duerr

Marilyn Cooper and Glenn Hebert

Greg and Valynda Henington

Robert and Joan Hicks

Steve and Martha Hixon

James Davidson Charitable Foundation

Dennis and Jane Kearns

The Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation

Don and Virginia Lewis

M.S. Doss Foundation

Bill and Celeste McEntire

William and Nancy McGovern

Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation

Jim and Mary Lynn Murrell

National Park Foundation

Lori Palmer and Russ Jewert

Permian Basin Area Foundation

The Powell Foundation

Dennis and Ruth Prescott

David and Jan Redford

Alec Rhodes

Richard and Mary Ann Sawey

Sheild-Ayres Foundation

Ron and Charles Mary Sommers

Sondra and Toby Eoff Charitable Fund

Mark and Brenda Steuer

Union Pacific Foundation

John Walker

Dixie and Elaine Watkins

Willard Hendershott Estate

George and Barbara Williams

In addition to the support of the above donors, we had in-kind donations from the following individuals and institutions that enabled us to create a world class exhibit for the public.

Kenneth R. Barnes

Gaston Design

Lake Flato Architects

Dr. Tom Lehman

Vertebrate Paleontology Lab at the University of Texas

Dixie Watkins

Steve Wick

Additional thanks go to the holders of the Big Bend license plate, whose gifts paid for the initial site work, architectural drawings and geology wayside signage that compliments the exhibit.

Special appreciation goes to the Big Bend Conservancy Board of Directors 2010-2017 for their support, guidance and faith in taking this project from a drawing on paper to reality.